Columbus, Ohio

Film screening! Syrup is playing here and I’ll be doing a Q&A
afterward about what it’s like to have a book turn into a movie. I land in Columbus on
the night of the 14th direct from Australia so I can’t
make any guarantees about how I’ll smell. Because of the long flight, I mean. Not because of
Australia. Australia smells fine.

By the way, Syrup is simultaneously screening not too far away at the
Waterfront Film Festival
in South Haven, Michigan, with a Q&A with the
director Aram Rappaport and editor Robert Hoffman. If you
think those guys are better.

Update! They decided it was a bad idea to schedule a
Q&A that could be derailed by me missing a connecting flight. Is that a mixed metaphor?
Because I’m saying the Q&A sesssion would be derailed, not my flight. Anyway, the Friday
evening session is now a Saturday evening session, and I will be able to shower and
degrease ahead of it.

Chicago, Illinois

I’ll be in Chicago two days before my book comes out. I can’t do a bookstore
event, but I figured I could meet people at a bar or something. I did this in London
once and didn’t get stabbed at all so I think it’s a good idea. There might be some
Syrup film people there too. So you could come along and talk
about books and films or whatever. Very casual. If you bring a book, I will sign it.

Details to come: I will update this post. And if you know a good venue, please let me know
in the comments.

Update! At the moment it’s looking like this will be
in Wicker Park. But please check back for confirmation.

New York, NY

Book launch! I will read from Lexicon and answer questions
and stuff. You know. It’s a reading. Actually, it’s more of a talking. I talk about things.
I figure you can read the book yourself. I mean, that’s why we had it printed.
I will read for a little while, because that’s expected, and because sometimes people
come to bookstore readings for no particular reason and hear some of the book
and think, “That sounds good.” Then they buy it and I get to continue being an author.

Los Angeles, CA

Bookstore event! I read, I answer questions, I sign things. I haven’t been to
Mysterious Galaxy before, but it was LA Weekly’s
Best
Geek Bookstore of 2012. So that’s promising. I only have a few hours in LA, flying
in that day and flying out that night, so this will be the kind of visit
that’s brief and passionate and leaves both of us wanting more, like that time
in high school.

Update! I need to RUSH from
this event to LAX to catch my flight home to Australia. So at 8pm I need to be
out the door. I’m sure there will be time to sign everyone’s books, but I won’t
get to hang around and chat. What I’ll do is get there early, like maybe 6:30pm,
and browse the shelves or something. So if you want, come up and accost me.

All good book stores, UK

Thursday June 20

Book
comes out in the UK. Sadly, I don’t get to be there. My in-laws moved out of Bedford, did
I mention? They did. I will probably never go to Bedford again in my life. What am I saying,
probably. There is no way I am ever going to Bedford again.

Melbourne, Australia

Australian launch!
On the day of Lexicon’s Australian / New Zealand / South African release
I’ll be launching it here.
Embiggen is awesome. They stock about ten books but they’re all really good. They stock more
than ten books. That was an exaggeration. But you could seriously just wander into Embiggen
with your eyes closed and buy whatever your hands fall on and walk out happy. It’s that kind of place.

By the way, the following day (Wednesday June 26 @ 6:30pm) the Embiggen Book
Club is doing Machine Man.
Details here!

Other Places

You know I’d come if I could. It’s not you; it’s me. Me, not being near you.

Sally F. (#5444)

You're going to be in Chicago and I'll be out of town!! (ghhh.) But I can suggest the Emerald Loop, just an ordinary restaurant/bar, but it's cozy and friendly, and the food is pretty good.www.emeraldloop.com/Emerald_Loop

Max

dabbeljuh (#4114)

have fun in the us and a, if you manage to come to Europe (i.e., Germany Â°J) at any given point, let me know, it would be fun to organize a Hang With Max Bar Evening in Hamburg (or Berlin)

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tim (#3234)

Location: chattanooga, TN, USAQuote: """Posted: 2056 days ago

I was just in Columbus on Sunday! Why pick Columbus? Did Priceline make you choose another city? I hate that. :)

I am tempted to drive 8 hours to join you in Chicago. Although, like all online relationships, the real like Max would not live up to the chatroom (er, I mean blog) Max. Plus, I'm afraid I would end up awkwardly standing on the edge of conversation while others nudged and whispered, 'that guy drove 8 hours, what a weirdo... and why is he sweating so much?'

Karl (#5457)

Location: New YorkPosted: 2056 days ago

For Chicago, the Vic Theater regularly does 'Brew & View', a combination movie/bar experience. No idea if you'd be able to get Syrup on the screen on such short notice, but thought I'd throw it out there...